WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (H.R. 8830) to "require States to obtain information from Social Security Administration on deaths for purposes of voter registration list maintenance." The bill was introduced on Dec. 2 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Scott Perry, R-Pa., Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., Ted Budd, R-N.C., Bill Posey, R-Fla., Fred Keller, R-Pa., Steve King, R-Iowa, Tom McClintock, R-Calif., and Mike Kelly, R-Pa. The legislation  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8823) to "prohibit the use of nonlethal rounds by Federal law enforcement officers in certain contexts, and to discourage the use of such munitions by State and local law enforcement officers." The bill was introduced on Nov. 27 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. For more i  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8855) to "prohibit Federal employees from making allegations or appeals with respect to an adverse action to more than one entity." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Thomas Tiffany, R-Wis., Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., Randy Weber, R-Texas, Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., John Joyce, R-Pa., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Jim Banks, R-Ind., Greg Steube, R-Fla., Jim Baird, R-  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Henry C. Johnson, D-Ga., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8856) to "award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and has 42 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Ami Bera, D-Calif., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Cheri Bustos, D-Il  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8858) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to extend and allow an elective payment of the tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., Alex X. Mooney, R-W.Va., Michael F. Doyle, D-Pa., Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, D-Texas, and Jack Bergman, R-Mich. The  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8842) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to limit the charitable deduction for certain qualified conservation contributions." The bill was introduced on Dec. 2 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa. It was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. For more information, Rep. Mike Thompson, 406 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-3311; or in district offices at 420 Virgin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8867) to amend title 38, U.S. Code, "to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from conducting medical research causing significant pain or distress to cats." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and has 20 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Brian J. Mast, R-Fla., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Thomas R. Suozzi, D-N.Y., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Donna Shalala, D-Fla., Debbie Dinge  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8869) to "create a Council on Emergency Response Protocols to ensure the establishment of accessible, developmentally appropriate, culturally aware, and trauma- informed emergency response protocols in public schools, early childcare and education settings, and institutions of higher education." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and was co-sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. It was referred to the House Educat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., has introduced legislation (S. 4956) to "create a Council on Emergency Response Protocols to ensure the establishment of accessible, developmentally appropriate, culturally aware, and trauma-informed emergency response protocols in public schools, early childcare and education settings, and institutions of higher education." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. It   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., has introduced legislation (S. 4957) to "provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Debbie Staben  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has introduced legislation (S. 4933) to "provide increased oversight of certain pardons, to clarify the applicability of bribery prohibitions to pardons and commutations." The bill was introduced on Dec. 1 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., and Chris Van Hollen,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., has introduced legislation (S. 4924) to "prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools." The bill was introduced on Nov. 30 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., has introduced legislation (S. 4949) to "require the Secretary of Health of Human Services to publish guidance for States on strategies for maternal care providers participating in the Medicaid program to reduce maternal mortality and severe morbidity with respect to individuals receiving medical assistance under such program." The bill was introduced on Dec. 2 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. It was referred to the Senate Fin  more